the president pro tempore: the senate will receive a message from the house of representatives. the majority secretary: mr. president, a message from the house of representatives. the house clerk: mr. president, i have been directed by the house of representatives to inform the senate the house has passed h. resolution 798, a resolution appointing and authorizing managers of the impeachment trial of donald john trump, president of the united states. the president pro tempore: the message will be received.

mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that pursuant to rule 1 of the rules and procedure and practice, when sitting on impeachment trials, the secretary of the senate inform the house of representatives that the senate is ready to receive the managers appointed by the house for the purpose of exhibiting articles of impeachment against donald john trump, president of the united states. agreeably to the notice communicated to the senate. further, that at the hour of 12:00 noon on thursday, january january 16, 2020, the senate will receive the managers on the part of the house of representatives in order that they may present and exhibit the articles of impeachment against donald john trump, president of

the united states. the president pro tempore: is there any objection? if not, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that pursuant to rules 3 and 4 of the rules of procedure and practice when sitting on impeachment trials, that at the hour of 2:00 p.m. on thursday, january 16, 2020, the senate proceed to the consideration of the articles of impeachment and that the presiding officer, through the secretary of the senate, notify the chief justice of the united states of the time and place fixed for consideration of the articles and request his attendance as presiding officer, pursuant to article 1, section 3, clause 6, of the u.s. constitution. the president pro tempore: is there any objection? so ordered. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the presiding officer be authorized to appoint a committee of senators to, upon the recommendation of the majority leader and to, upon the recommendation of the democratic

leader, to escort the chief justice into the senate chamber. i further ask consent that the secretary of the united senate e directed to notify the house of representatives of the time and place fixed for the senate to proceed upon the impeachment of donald john trump in the senate chamber. the president pro tempore: is there any objection? if not, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that access to the senate wing, the senate floor, and the senate chamber galleries during all of the proceedings involving the exhibition of consideration of the articles of impeachment against donald john trump, president of the united states, at all times that the senate is sitting in trial with the chief justice of the united states presiding be in accordance with the allocations and provisions announced into the desk, and i ask that it be printed in the record. the president pro tempore: is there objection? if not, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous

consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 471, submitted earlier today. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 471, authorizing the taking of a photograph in the chamber of the united states senate. the president pro tempore: is there objection to proceeding to the consideration? without objection, then the senate will proceed. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the president pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: now, mr. president, for the information of all senators, a few minutes ago, the senate was notified that the house of representatives is finally ready to proceed with their articles of impeachment. so by unanimous consent, we have just laid some of the groundwork that will structure the next several days. we have officially invited the house managers to come to the senate tomorrow at noon to

exhibit their articles of impeachment. then later tomorrow afternoon, at 2:00 p.m., the chief justice of the united states will arrive here in the senate. he will be sworn in by the president pro tempore, senator grassley. then the chief justice will swear in all of us senators. we will pledge to rise above the petty factionalism and do justice for our institutions, for our states, and for the nation. and then we will formally notify the white house of our pending trial and summon the president to answer the articles and send his counsel. so the trial will commence in earnest on tuesday. but first, mr. president, some important good news for the country. we anticipate the senate will continue the usmca tomorrow and send this landmark trade deal to president trump for his signature. a major victory for the administration, but more importantly for american

families. so let me close with this -- this is a difficult time for our country, but this is precisely the kind of time for which the framers created the senate. i'm confident this body can rise above short-termism and factional fever and serve the long-term best interests of our nation. we can do this, and we >> tomorrow, house managers will walk the articles of impeachment into the senate chamber. after, chief justice john roberts will be sworn in to preside over the trial, and all 100 senators will take over as jurors. aboutte historian spoke the oath taken by senators during the 1999 clinton impeachment trial.

>> at this time, i will administer the oath to all senators in the chamber. stand andenators now raise your right hand? that youlemnly swear will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws, so help you god? the clerk will call names and record responses. ofso, every single member the senate takes an oath when they take office. why is there a special oath for this? >> the constitution requires a special oath. the constitution only spells out takes.h that congress

there is a sense that this is something different. it is not a legislative day. it is the president stepping aside and the chief justice of the united states presiding. this is not daily political business in the senate. it is a trial, and they are, in a sense, senator-jurors. they are not completely jurors, but they are not completely senators. they are both, and they have to keep that in mind. this is one way of trying to impress that on them. >> the impeachment of president trump. watch unfiltered coverage on c-span 2, live as it happens. follow the process at c-span.org/impeachment and listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. c-span's "washington

journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, nebraska republican congressman jeff fortenberry joins us to discuss border wall funding and u.s. trade policy. then, wisconsin democratic congresswoman glenmore will talk about wisconsin as a campaign 2020 battleground state. watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >> over the next two weeks on "q&a," we are focusing on the new hampshire presidential primary and the iowa caucuses. josephy night, long time mclean talked about his state's primary history and the current state of politics in new hampshire. >> new hampshire is always different.

i think it appreciates being first. it is one of the highest turnout states in the country. so, you know, too white, not representative of the country, then with the exception of bloomberg, who has not cited that as a reason, why are all these her candidates coming to new hampshire? >> watch sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." n joining us from missouri this morning, law professor at the missouri of auckland, author of the book "high crimes and misdemeanors, the history of impeachment from the age of trump." let's begin with what we know will happen today. the speaker has announced that she will let us know who the house managers are soon, around 10:00